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B. ROSSITER. FOLDING BED LOUNGE.

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E ROSSITER FOLDING BED LOUNGE.

Patented Oct. 10, 1893.

UNITED STATES EDNOR' ROSSITER, or

PATENT OFFICE.

XENIA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMESJL.

MCGERVEY, OF SAME PLACE.

FOLDING BED-LOUNGEL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.506,262, dated October 10, 1893.

Application filed February 2, 1893. Serial No. 460.791. (No model.)

To aZZ whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDNOR ROSSITER, acitizen of the United States,residing at Xenia, in the county of Greene and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Bed-Lounges; andI do doclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as' will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, refer-.

ence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in bed-lounges.

My invention relates to that class of bedlounges in which themattress-frame (which incloses the bed) is separate from the frame ofthe lounge, and is supported upon pivots within the lower section of thelatter, when folded, and when unfolded it is partially revolved, and oneof its sections is supported by the back-frame of the lounge, thebackframe being inverted in unfolding the latter. The upholsteredspring-seat is formed upon one section of the mattress-frame, so thatwhen the latter is folded it becomes the seat of the lounge, there beingno seat in the upper section of the lounge-frame, but simply the back,(which is upholstered in the usual manner) head, and arm-rests the twolatter forming the respective ends of the upper section. Thelounge-frame is horizontally divided,and the two sections are hingedtogether at the front side, so that it can be unfolded by pulling thetop of the back forward and downward, thus inverting the upper section,which is supported in its reversed position by the back.

The mattress-frame is supported upon pivots, within the frame of thelower section of the lounge, (when folded) and it is partially revolvedtoward the front of the latter to unfold it.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bed-lounge, as seen fromthe front. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with the lounge-frameunfolded, the mattress-frame remaining folded in the lower section ofthe lounge-frame. Fig. 3 is an end view of the bed-lounge (shown in Fig.2) looking from left to right; a portion is broken away on'the lowersection to exhibit the folded mattress-frame within the latter, and thepivot-plates upon whichit is hung. Fig. 4 is a vertical crosssection ofthe lounge and mattress-frame,both

jbe'ing unfolded. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of thepivot-plates.

Fig. 6 is a top view of an end section of" the lounge-frame, with theapproximating end of the mattressframe. Fig. 7 is a view of thefastening by which the two sections of the mattress-frame are securedtogether when folded.

A, is the lower or stool-section of my improved folding bed-lounge,which consists of the usual oblong, rectangular frame supported uponlegs. B, is the upper section, which latter consists simply of the backframe, having an ordinarily upholstered back, with posts b and b ,atopposite ends, and a rail b, extending forward from postb ,-and formingthe arm-rest at the foot end of 'the lounge, while a similar rail b,extends forward from post b at the head end of the lounge; both theserails (19, and b',) being'plane-surfaced' upon the under side, as isalso the back frame to fit'down closely upon the back and-end rails ofthe stool-section A,wh-ich is also plane surfaced to receive it. Thefront ends of rails b, and b, are connected with the front angles ofsection A, by hinges a, a. A cylindrical head-rest a, is shown ascovering rail b, at

Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and thus becomes the seat,

of the lounge. 7

The mattress-frame C, is comprised of two equal-sized oblong frames, 1,and 2, each having but one side rail k, and k, which latter form theside rails of the frame when unfolded. The two end rails and i arehinged together at their inner or free ends by hinges i and when themattress-frame is unfolded, as seen in Figs. 2, and 4, both sections (1,and 2,) lie in the same horizontal plane. The cushioned, or seat-section(1,) is pivoted upon journals or pivots d, at each end. These journalsextend at right angles from the upright car 0 of the long, flat, castmetal plate 0, which latter is bolted at each end of the lounge-framesection A, to the inner side of the end-rail r, at the top edge, so thatthe upright portion 0 projects above the top edge of the rail to whichthe plate is fastened, and the pivot or journal d, of the latterprojects inwardly through a transverse hole e, in the end-rails i, ofsection 1, of the mattress-frame O, at each end, above the middle lineof these end-rails, (1,1,) and to the right of their center, or of thecenter of the pivoted section, as seen in Fig. 3. The object of thisbecomes apparent in unfolding the mattress-frame, as it elevates itabove the two sections A, and B, of the lounge-frame,

and upon turning the former (mattress-frame) in the direction of thearrow and unfolding it to the position seen in Fig. 4, the hinged endsof rails t', of the pivoted section 1, extend rearward over and beyondthe front rail (1 of the stool-section A, allowing rail k, of section 2,of the mattressframe to lie upon the cleat g, which latter projectsforwardly from the bottom edge of the back-section B, as seen in Fig. 4,thus supporting the mattress-frame in a horizontal position upon thethree points named, t. e., the pivots (Z, the front rail a and the cleatg. This cleat lies upon the back edge of seat .9, when the lounge isfolded, and it and the upper and inner part of the headrest a, serve toretain the pivoted seat in its horizontal position. a hook and staple h,similar to that shown in detail Fig. 7, in which hook h, and staple iare shown as securing the longitudinal rails is, and 7c of themattress-frame together when folded. (See also in Fig. 4.) It will benoticed thatin unfolding the lounge and the mattress-frame, the foldingsections are all turned forward; section B, being first brought forwardand inverted, so as to rest upon the backposts b and 11 Then themattress-frame with its inclosed mattress is turned forward until itsreverse side is upward, when hook h, is released from staple i andsection 2 is laid over onto the inverted back, as shown in Figs. 3 and4. In folding, the operation described is reversed.

In Fig. 4, a webbing bottom is shown as supporting the seat springs.Either this material, or the slats as at n, n, which form the bottom ofsection 2, of the mattress-frame, can be used, as preferred, for bothsections of the latter. That portion of the head-rest seen at a, on theinside of rail 6, (or arm rest) is It is further secured by' out outsufficiently to allow the head end of seat 8 to extend under it, (seeFig. 2.) In a pillow rest, this would not be required.

It will be observed that when the mattress-frame is folded, it is whollyand entirely supported upon the journals or pivots d, not being in anymanner attached to the loungeframe or connected therewith except throughthese journals.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a bed-lounge, an open framedstoolsection, a seatless section, comprising the back and the arm andhead-rests at either end,hinged to said stool section, and adapted tofold thereon, and a folding mattress-frame pivotally suspended withinsaid stool-section, and having thereon a cushioned or upholstered seat,which forms the seat of said bed-lounge when the latter is folded.

2. In afolding bed-lounge, an open framed stool section, a sectionhaving a back and arm-rests, and hinged to said'stool section, and amattress-frame pivotally suspended within one section of said lounge,and a seat on the pivoted section of said mattress-frame, which seatbecomes the seat of said lounge, when both mattress-frame and lounge arefolded.

3. In a folding lounge, the upper and lower hinge-connected sections, afolding mattressframe in two hinge-connected sections, pivotallysuspended within the lower, or stool section of said lounge, and havingthe seat of the latter on one of its sections, said mattressframe beingunfolded by partially rotating or inverting it, and opening itsconnecting sections and extending them upon the two sections of theunfolded lounge.

4. In a folding bed-lounge havinga pivoted seat journaled within thestool section as described, the combination with said stool-section andsaid pivoted seat, of a back having rails projecting forwardly therefromand hinged to the front rail of said stool section, and having a cleat 9below the upholstered part extending longitudinally therewith over theback edge of said pivoted seat, said back being provided with a lockingdevice for securing it to said stool section substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDNOR ROSSI'IER.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. OIsoo, DAVID GooDIN.

